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Overland Park, Kansas
United States
Gobbler Grind Marathon
13F / -11C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 52m 25s
Overall Rank = 226/810
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 14/30
Pre-race routine:

Up at 6:30, to the race at 7:15. Didn't eat much this morning, some oatmeal, a bit of gatorade, a sip of coffee. That was it.
Event warmup:

stayed in the car as long as possible to stay warm. Then headed to the start line to hear that the start was delayed 15 minutes. Was going to take a pre-race gel, but realized it was missing... so no carbs before the start.
Run
  • 1h 52m 25s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 35s  min/mile
Comments:

Just a rough day all around. Temps were in the low teens at the start time, and I clearly overdressed. Race started out well, Nice and easy and I hoped to kick up the pace after mile 2. It never happened, I began to slow despite having a high RPE and HR. Around mile 6 I just shut it down and turned the race into a training run. I was soaked in sweat, and began freezing. Every aid station after 5 miles had completely frozen water, which sucked, but was unavoidable. Just a pretty miserable day.

I just wasn't mentally there and was content on finishing. I was passed by hundreds of people, but it didn't really bother me, which is odd. Normally, it drives me nuts and I push myself. Today, the competitive side of me was still in the warm car... haha, But I am so happy that I finished my second Half Marathon (albeit with a shit time...) and stopped and thanked every volunteer at aid stations. It was miserable for the runners, but I couldn't imagine how cold they were!
What would you do differently?:

Training was okay, but I did miss a few runs here and there with all the wedding planning we're doing. My training plan also didn't have hardly any Race Pace work, which is a change from previous plans where I felt better about running hard. Just a lot of aerobic runs. I think this could have affected my race, as the pace I was hoping to sustain was much faster than I did today. Also probably didn't take in enough water and missed the pre-race gel. All in all, a bunch of excuses, but in the end, they don't matter. Just didn't have my day.
Post race
Warm down:

Found Rach, and we left. freezing my ass off..

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Temps for sure, over-dressing, lack of water, missed gel, training

Event comments:

Nice local race with a pretty good turn out. You can't control the weather, but I still felt they did a good job of at least attempting to have water and gatorade at aide stations (they were very slushy). Volunteers were badasses.




Last updated: 2013-09-15 12:00 AM
Running
01:52:25 | 13.1 miles | 08m 35s  min/mile
Age Group: 14/30
Overall: 225/810
Performance: Bad
Ave HR: 162
Course: first 3 miles around corporate woods, out on indian creek trail, and back
Keeping cool Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 1
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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Subject: RE: Gobbler Grind Half Marathon
Sorry to hear about the rough day. In fact, anytime you spend 2+ hours outside when the are temp in the teens it's a rough day. The overdressing fear was one that I had, but luckily did not suffer from. Good job on toughing it out and finishing.

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Thanks Mike. And way to have an awesome run! You were flying!
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